Happy days in Storrs

However you look at it, Wednesday was not a good day for administrators, and especially president Susan Herbst, at UConn.

1. The ACC spurned the Huskies and sent an athletic lifeline to Louisville.

2. The governor announced more budget cuts for the flagship university.

3. The women’s basketball game at the XL Center against Colgate drew the second smallest crowd there in the last five years.

The low crowds

Here are the five smallest XL Center crowds for a UConn women’s basketball game since the start of the 2007-08 season:

Date

Opponent

Att.

11/30/2011

Towson State

7,703

11/28/2012

Colgate

7,934

1/10/2012

Providence

8,381

1/3/2010

South Florida

9,279

2/2/2010

West Virginia

9,745

And then there was this to chew on from Bloomberg News earlier this month:

Trustees at the University of Connecticut’s flagship campus in Storrs, known for its NCAA champion Huskies basketball teams, said last year they were reviewing the level of administrators’ pay. The move followed a controversy over the then campus police chief, who received $256,000 annually — more than New York City’s police commissioner.

UConn has a $312,000-a-year provost and 13 vice, deputy and associate vice provosts, including one overseeing “engagement” who makes almost $275,000 a year. The university has seven vice presidents and 13 deans. President Susan Herbst, who receives a $500,000 salary, has a $199,000 chief of staff.